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Hero

HMS Hero

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarsSeven Years' War, American War of Independence

74-gun ship, at Porto Praya and in all five battles with Suffren. A prison ship from 1793, broken up in 1810.

Hero (1759) Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline with some decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and quarter gallery decorations, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Hero' (1759), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, possibly as built and launched at Plymouth Dockyard. HERO Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

74 guns

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Launched28 March 1759
Length166 ft 6 in (50.75 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

28 March 1759

Battle of Quiberon Bay
Survived

20 November 1759 · Seven Years' War

George Edgcumbe

Battle of Porto Praya
Survived

16 April 1781 · American War of Independence

Battle of Sadras
Survived

17 February 1782 · American War of Independence

Battle of Providien
Survived

12 April 1782 · American War of Independence

Battle of Negapatam
Survived

6 July 1782 · American War of Independence

Battle of Trincomalee
Survived

3 September 1782 · American War of Independence

Battle of Cuddalore
Survived

20 June 1783 · American War of Independence

Commodore King's flagship

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1810